What does "echarle crema a tus tacos" mean in English? How do you say "between a rock and hard place" in Spanish? You can find these and over a hundred other sayings and idiomatic expressions here in the Seven Seas Dictionary of Proverbs and Idioms. These phrases have been compiled and translated from Spanish to English and English to Spanish by David Bevis, Seven Seas Translations Agency founding partner, then checked carefully by our team of experts.

A 2000-word short story of a man trapped in another time, powerless to stop the momentous events in which he is trapped, and the hidden force propelling events to their bloody conclusion.

A 1500-word short story on translation and the horrors awaiting the wrong translator at the wrong time. The ancient ones are coming and they have a craving for brains...

A 2000-word short story on a mysterious student and memory loss.

О трудном, но счастливом и поучительном жизненном пути своей героини Галина Брискина увлекательно рассказывает в своем новом романе "Оптимистка". Роман во многом автобиографичен. "И невозможное возможно" – так можно определить жизненный девиз Полины, главной героини книги. Это поистине захватывающая история иммигрантки из России. Родившись в Москве, в семье известного советского ученого и авиационного конструктора, Полина растет застенчивой и неуверенной в себе девочкой. Она выходит замуж ...

Heroes come in all shapes and sizes. However, even the most reluctant of heroes sometimes need a little help to make their dreams come true. This is the story of a small dog, the color of warm chocolate with four white paws that look as if he is wearing mismatched socks. His wish to find someone to love him comes true under rather extraordinary circumstances with help from an unusual ally.

Sensual, earthy love poems that formed the basis for the popular movie Il Postino, now in a beautiful gift book perfect for weddings, Valentine's Day, anniversaries, or just to say "I love you!"Charged with sensuality and passion, Pablo Neruda's love poems are the most celebrated of the Nobel Prize winner's oeuvre, captivating readers with earthbound images and reveling in a fiery re-imagining of the world. Mostly written on the island paradise of Capri (the idyllic settin...

BB Delgado has obtained full and exclusive access rights to the time-travelling exploits and sexploits of a 'Whisperer,' numbers of whom can be found everywhere in time but who are as yet unknown to us. In this exclusive series BB Delgado relates the incredible stories told to him in complete secrecy by a 'Whisperer.' He does not know the end of the story. He might be the story; you might be the story. Have fun finding out..***Their bodies explored each other, skin against o...

The Nobel Prize winner 's classic collection of love poems.Pablo Neruda, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, finished writing The Captain's Verses in 1952 while in exile on the island of Capri—the paradisal setting for the blockbuster film Il Postino (The Postman). Surrounded by sea, sun, and Capri's natural splendors, Neruda addressed these poems to his lover Matilde Urrutia before they were married, but didn't publish them publicly until 1963. Thi...

This complete edition of the Holy Synod Version of the Russian Bible was designed for optimal navigation on Kobo and other electronic devices. It has both book and chapter navigation links. In just a few clicks, you can be reading any verse in the Bible.The Table of Contents lists all books of the Old and New Testaments, and Deuterocanonical literature. Just select the book you want to read and to go directly to it. Once you opened the book, you can select the chapter you want in j...

A short story of love and suspense with a dash of the supernatural.The reviewers said:"This is a quick, sweet story. It's about a young couple who buys their first house, where the wife is visited by an old woman who used to own it. After that the wife starts dreaming about the family who lived there before. It's a ghost story but not in the horror genre-it's not scary. It is self-contained, unlike a lot of the freebie short stories out there that are teasers to get you to ...

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